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Motion (n.) helps ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the body digest and grow healthy, handsome and strong, whether it is shaken, jolted, or carried on a boat or a horse.

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Motion (n.) never ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠stops in the universe because the round heaven squeezes everything inward, pressing small bodies into the gaps of large ones, so unevenness is renewed forever.

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Motion (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what keeps things in being: fire is born of friction, bodies keep their health by exertion, and souls are preserved by learning.

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Motion (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠best when it comes from within oneself, as in exercise; second is being rocked at sea; worst is being stirred part by part by drugs.

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Motion (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its source and spring in the self-mover, and a source has no beginning: destroy it and all heaven and everything that has been started up would collapse and come to a stop.